Coooooler

The 5 day forecast includes no temperatures above 75 degrees. This is good... well, better. I'm pretty much a 70 degree person. My preference is 70 degrees and cloudy. Or snow.

I don't understand why those baseball teams with weather dependancies don't advertise the likelihood of play. I guess they figure if you are likely to go to the game, you have a good idea of what the weather is going to be and so can guess the likelihood of a rainout.. But, hey, others care, too!

I'm a big reader. Always have been. When I was a tragic teenager, every winter I read Gone with the Wind. Every summer I read Désiré. I can count on one hand the number of times I have gone to sleep in my life without reading at least a chapter or two of something. On NPR this morning there was a piece about book clubs.

As much as I enjoy reading, book clubs have never appealed to me. Once I read a book, I'm done. I move on to the next one. I'm not interested in slicing and dicing it. Also I'm just not that much of a joiner of any kind and, honestly, outside of recommendations, I'm not that interested in what anyone else thinks of any particular book. Snotty, I know.

Last night I finished John Burdett's Bangkok 8. It was great. In the first chapter, the bad guy gets 'offed' by a car full of poisonous snakes while a phython squeezes him. Rather a vivid scene. I'm not a big snake person. Today I will start the one on the top of the ToBeReadNext pile. It was recommended to me by a guy who reads the book recommendations on my website and has sent me real jewels in the past.

But, first, we have to play the Yankees again today - unless it rains - in New York.

Coooooler

The 5 day forecast includes no temperatures above 75 degrees. This is good... well, better. I'm pretty much a 70 degree person. My preference is 70 degrees and cloudy. Or snow.

I don't understand why those baseball teams with weather dependancies don't advertise the likelihood of play. I guess they figure if you are likely to go to the game, you have a good idea of what the weather is going to be and so can guess the likelihood of a rainout.. But, hey, others care, too!

I'm a big reader. Always have been. When I was a tragic teenager, every winter I read Gone with the Wind. Every summer I read Désiré. I can count on one hand the number of times I have gone to sleep in my life without reading at least a chapter or two of something. On NPR this morning there was a piece about book clubs.

As much as I enjoy reading, book clubs have never appealed to me. Once I read a book, I'm done. I move on to the next one. I'm not interested in slicing and dicing it. Also I'm just not that much of a joiner of any kind and, honestly, outside of recommendations, I'm not that interested in what anyone else thinks of any particular book. Snotty, I know.

Last night I finished John Burdett's Bangkok 8. It was great. In the first chapter, the bad guy gets 'offed' by a car full of poisonous snakes while a phython squeezes him. Rather a vivid scene. I'm not a big snake person. Today I will start the one on the top of the ToBeReadNext pile. It was recommended to me by a guy who reads the book recommendations on my website and has sent me real jewels in the past.

But, first, we have to play the Yankees again today - unless it rains - in New York.

Two things I don't know

So when California does this vote, will they be voting to oust Gray AND vote in the new guy? Or is the ousting one vote and then later we have the new guy vote? (And, yeah, I think if they get new it will be a guy.)

And... I just heard on TV that there are some 9,000 members of the U.S. Military who have applied for U.S. Citizenship. So how does a non-citizen even join the military? Does it work with just a regular green card? I'm just amazed to hear that there are so many in our armed forces who are not U.S. citizens. Do these people in the military have to do the same crawling over cut glass to maintain our government's requirements for working here?

I'm not really interested in starting fires here, I just serioiusly don't know and am interested in finding out.

Two things I don't know

So when California does this vote, will they be voting to oust Gray AND vote in the new guy? Or is the ousting one vote and then later we have the new guy vote? (And, yeah, I think if they get new it will be a guy.)

And... I just heard on TV that there are some 9,000 members of the U.S. Military who have applied for U.S. Citizenship. So how does a non-citizen even join the military? Does it work with just a regular green card? I'm just amazed to hear that there are so many in our armed forces who are not U.S. citizens. Do these people in the military have to do the same crawling over cut glass to maintain our government's requirements for working here?

I'm not really interested in starting fires here, I just serioiusly don't know and am interested in finding out.

Honk if you...

So the Yankees have done their usual damage for most of this game but in the 7th inning the Mariners tied up the game. Then in the same inning, Randy Winn drove in 2 more runs to take the lead.

Just has the runs scored several horns started honking on the streets outside. Now, I know it's only coincidence. Seattle is not a horn honking town. But maybe not. If I had been in the car, I may have had to honk....

Honk if you...

So the Yankees have done their usual damage for most of this game but in the 7th inning the Mariners tied up the game. Then in the same inning, Randy Winn drove in 2 more runs to take the lead.

Just has the runs scored several horns started honking on the streets outside. Now, I know it's only coincidence. Seattle is not a horn honking town. But maybe not. If I had been in the car, I may have had to honk....